Amid those upheavals and turbulent regime changes, Pope Pius XI in his encyclical argued that ‘men must look for the peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ.’ A Service of EWTN News, Inc.

Pope Pius XI reigned from 1922, succeeding Pope Benedict XV, and died in 1938, succeeded by Pope Pius XII. In his encyclical, Lux Veritatis, Pope Pius XI celebrated the history of the Council of ...

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Pope Pius Xi. By Robert Sencourt. May 1939 Issue. Share. Save. I. WHEN I first saw the Pope, he was already in the Sedia Gestatoria. For three hours, on February 12, 1922, we had been waiting in ...

By today’s standards, it may seem hard to believe that over two centuries went by without a single pope being named a saint: St. Pius V (1504-1572) was raised to the altars on May 17, 1712, but ...

On this day in 1939, Pope Pius XI died. Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti was born May 31, 1857. He was ordained in 1879. On February 6, 1922, following the death of Pope Benedict XV, Achille Ratti ...

Pope Francis took one last ride in a Mercedes before death. History of the 'popemobile.' One of the first motorized popemobiles was a black Graham-Paige Type 837, gifted to Pope Pius XI in 1929.

Pius XI cannot be faulted for signing a concordant with Nazi Germany in 1933. If he had refused, it would most likely have been interpreted as a hostile act by the Nazis. It can only be ...

How long does it take to choose a pope. The longest conclave since the 20th century began took 14 rounds of balloting across five days, ending with the election of Pius XI in 1922.

Only 2 conclaves have lasted up to five days since 1900s. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, only two conclaves have lasted up to five days − Pope Pius XI's conclave in 1922 and Pope Pius X ...